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13 January 16 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Pencil Dive is a script writing group for writers of any level of experience. Each month Pencil Dive has a different theme and every writer brings in a script (1-10 mins long) that they have penned in answer to said theme. We all have a cup of tea and a biscuit, and the scripts a
Read with a free account →12 January 16 · Opportunities
A production team from Sedos, a well-respected London based amateur theatre company is looking for submissions of 10 minute scripts to join a line-up of four other scripts to form part of a hour of short plays to be performed in late July/early August 2016 in both London (the Bri
Read with a free account →11 January 16 · Events
The Bread & Roses Playwright Circle will take place the last Monday of every month. The Bread & Roses Theatre Company has been developing and supporting new writers since 2012; and since the launch of the theatre in November 2014 the venue has also established itself as a popular
Read this article →10 January 16 · Writing Workshops
beaplaywright.com is a straightforward step-by-step guide to the craft of playwriting. In each of the five modules you are taken through a number of specially tailored writing exercises on a particular aspect of writing plays, culminating in a bridging exercise which you can subm
Read this article →09 January 16 · Opportunities
The Bread & Roses Theatre is looking to book in the final two weeks of its MainStage season in May 2016. Either one two-week-run or two one-week-run for two different companies is/are available over the first two week of May. They operate without any up-front hire fees, deposits
Read with a free account →09 January 16 · Events
On Monday 1 Feb 2015 at 7pm, the Drayton Arms Theatre will be holding their first DAT Day. DAT Day is a Meet and Greet and Informational chat about our venue in South Kensington. The Drayton Arms Theatre aims to be a space that nurtures up and coming theatre companies. They striv
Read this article →08 January 16 · Writing Workshops
This 10-week course is designed to help develop and give structure to the participants’ dramatic writing and sessions will be led by professional writer Greg Mosse. The participants’ brand-new scenes will be read live in a supportive workshop, giving Greg the opportunity to pass
Read this article →08 January 16 · Opportunities
Submissions are now open for ‘A Festival of New Writing’, presented by Etch in association with the Pleasance, London. The Festival will take place from 31st March – 3rd April 2016. They will be supporting the development of eight brand new plays in a festival of new writing at t
Read with a free account →08 January 16 · Education / Writing Workshops
Rose Theatre Kingston’s playwriting course is run by playwright and dramaturg Stephen Brown, whose plays include Faster (Filter Theatre) and Future Me (Theatre 503). Stephen has been a core teacher at the Rose for four years and many of his students have gone on to work as profes
Read this article →07 January 16 · Opportunities
Call out for Actors, Writers, Directors, Theatre Practitioners and ‘Other’ – The Institute of Other The Institute of Other.…brings together like-minded, motivated people to discuss what they do, what they dream of doing, and what has yet to be dreamed, with the aim of generating
Read with a free account →07 January 16 · Opportunities
Submissions wanted of 8 minute plays about “ShowBiz”. There is no charge/no fee to submit. Winning scripts will be performed at Theatre Asylum in Hollywood as part of the Hollywood Fringe Theatre Festival, June 2015. Produced by Hollywood Scribbler Theatre. Producer, D. Bancroft.
Read with a free account →05 January 16 · Opportunities
Following a sell-out success in November, the next Women Redressed will be on Sunday 20th March at the Arcola Theatre. Sheer Height are pleased to announce that they are now accepting script submissions for the event. What to submit: Their criteria for scripts is as follows: The
Read with a free account →05 January 16 · Opportunities
The Terence Rattigan Society is pleased to announce the establishment of a new playwriting award, which will be formally launched in an event on 26 January 2016 at the Jermyn Street Theatre. The award’s judges will include actor David Suchet, writer Julian Fellowes, director Thea
Read with a free account →05 January 16 · Opportunities
The new revised mission of the $10,000 2016 Saroyan/Paul Human Rights Playwriting Prize invites stimulating new works that explore socially and politically charged themes about Human Rights /Social Justice. Our aim is to harness theatre’s ability to make a relevant impact on our
Read with a free account →01 January 16 · Education / Opportunities
Rondo Theatre Scriptwriting Group led by Gill Kirk will take place on Monday evenings from January – April. The Rondo hosts a playwriting forum for anyone who writes scripts, at any level. The perfect opportunity to share ideas, identify problems and work through some of the tric
Read with a free account →29 December 15 · Opportunities
“As part of our commitment to supporting the charity Unseen UK throughout the run of IN/OUT (A FEELING) at The Hope Theatre from January 12th to the 30th we are welcoming submissions of ten to fifteen minute monologues inspired by the brief ‘Voice of the Voiceless’.” Two of these
Read with a free account →29 December 15 · Education / Writing Workshops
So, you’ve finally got there: you’ve completed the first draft of your play. Yes! But now where do you go with it? Before you can submit your play to theatres or think about producing it yourself, you’ll need to re-work it, improve it and polish it to perfection, but in an indust
Read this article →23 December 15 · Opportunities / Pick of the Week
Each week we look through our pile of writing opportunities to pick out one we think is particularly worth your time. It could be an innovative brief, great prize money, a high-profile company, or just plain fun. This week’s pick: Theatre503 Award 2016 & Theatre503 Five Descripti
Read with a free account →21 December 15 · Opportunities
The Student Guide to Writing: Playwriting is a new competition series from the Bush Theatre, Oberon Books, the MA Dramatic Writing at Drama Centre London at Central Saint Martins and Writers at Work Productions and has now launched. The aim of the competition series is to encoura
Read with a free account →17 December 15 · Opportunities
Applications are now open for theatre and performance companies and makers who would like to bring work to the second Plymouth Fringe Festival from Monday 30th May – Saturday 4th June 2016. There is no charge for taking place in the festival and companies receive a split of Box O
Read with a free account →17 December 15 · Opportunities
The Octagon Theatre has launched its first national writing prize: a competition celebrating new and original writing for the stage. Entrants over 16 with any level of experience are invited to submit 40-minute dramatic monologues of any theme or genre, from children’s interactiv
Read with a free account →17 December 15 · Opportunities
“Scratch it!” Is Tigz Theatre’s new writing event that is scheduled to take place every 6 months at the London Welsh Centre. Designed to engage with new writers our aim is to give new talent the chance to see parts of their work staged in a scratch performance in the heart of cen
Read with a free account →16 December 15 · Opportunities / Pick of the Week
Each week we look through our pile of writing opportunities to pick out one we think is particularly worth your time. It could be an innovative brief, great prize money, a high-profile company, or just plain fun. This week’s pick: RE:act at the St James Theatre Description: RE:ac
Read with a free account →16 December 15 · Opportunities
The Nick Darke Writers’ Award 2016 is now open for entries. Established in 2006 to celebrate the best writing for stage, screen and radio, the Nick Darke Writers’ Award is funded by Falmouth University’s Academy of Music and Theatre Arts, and the School of Writing & Journalism. T
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